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Terms of Service
Last updated on November 17, 2015
This page describes the terms and conditions that govern your use of certain New York Times
digital products, including NYTimes.com and mobile applications, offered by The New York
Company and certain of its subsidiaries ("NYT", us or we).
1. GENERAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS
2. CONTENT ON THE SERVICES
3. USER GENERATED CONTENT: SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING COMMENTS, READER
REVIEWS AND MORE
4. USE OF THE SERVICES
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6. REGISTRATION AND SECURITY
7. FEES AND PAYMENTS
8. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN NYTIMES.COM AND MEMBERS
9. SOFTWARE LICENSES
10. TERMINATION
11. MISCELLANEOUS
1. GENERAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS
1.1 If you choose to use NYTimes.com (the Site), NYTs mobile sites and applications, any of
the features of this site, including but not limited to RSS, API, software and other downloads
(collectively, the "Services"), you will be agreeing to abide by all of the terms and conditions of
these Terms of Service between you and The New York Times Company ("NYT", us or we).
1.2 We may change, add or remove portions of these Terms of Service at any time, which shall
become effective immediately upon posting. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of
Service prior to each use of the Site and by continuing to use this Site, you agree to any
changes.
1.3 IF ANY OF THESE RULES OR ANY FUTURE CHANGES ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU,
YOU MAY CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY SENDING E-MAIL TO: cancel@nytimes.com
(SEE SECTION 10.1 REGARDING TERMINATION OF SERVICE). YOUR CONTINUED USE
OF THE SERVICES NOW, OR FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES
IN THESE OPERATING RULES, WILL INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY YOU OF SUCH RULES,
CHANGES, OR MODIFICATIONS.
1.4 We may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time, including
the availability of any Services feature, database, or content. We may also impose limits on
certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without notice
or liability.
2. CONTENT ON THE SERVICES
2.1 The contents of the Services, including the Site, are intended for your personal,
noncommercial use. All materials published on the Services (including, but not limited to news
articles, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips, also known as the
"Content") are protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by The New York Times
Company or the party credited as the provider of the Content. You shall abide by all additional
copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the
Service.
2.2 The Services and Contents are protected by copyright pursuant to U.S. and international
copyright laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of,
reproduce (except as provided in Section 2.3 of these Terms of Service), create new works from,
distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the Content or the Services (including
software) in whole or in part.
2.3 You may download or copy the Content and other downloadable items displayed on the
Services for personal use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices

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contained therein. Copying or storing of any Content for other than personal use is expressly
prohibited without prior written permission from The New York Times Rights and Permissions
Department, or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained in the Content.
2.4 The Content of the Services is owned or licensed to NYT. Certain Content is furnished by the
Associated Press and Reuters, which will not be liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or
omissions in any such Content, or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof, or for
any damages arising therefrom.
3. USER GENERATED CONTENT: SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING COMMENTS, READER
REVIEWS AND MORE
3.1 You shall not upload to, or distribute or otherwise publish on to the Services any libelous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise illegal material.
Be courteous. You agree that you will not threaten or verbally abuse other Members, use
defamatory language, or deliberately disrupt discussions with repetitive messages, meaningless
messages or "spam."
Use respectful language. Like any community, the online conversation flourishes only when our
Members feel welcome and safe. You agree not to use language that abuses or discriminates on
the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual preference, age, region, disability, etc. Hate
speech of any kind is grounds for immediate and permanent suspension of access to all or part
of the Services.
Debate, but don't attack. In a community full of opinions and preferences, people always
disagree. NYT encourages active discussions and welcomes heated debate on the Services, but
personal attacks are a direct violation of these Terms of Service and are grounds for immediate
and permanent suspension of access to all or part of the Service.
3.2 The Services shall be used only in a noncommercial manner. You shall not, without the
express approval of NYT, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation
of funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services.
3.3 You acknowledge that any submissions you make to the Services (i.e., user-generated
content including but not limited to: comments, forum messages, reviews, text, video, audio and
photographs, as well as computer code and applications) (each, a "Submission") may be edited,
removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by The New York Times Company and
you waive any rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not
agreeable to you. Submissions made to the Services may also be included in our RSS feeds,
APIs and made available for republishing through other formats.
3.4 You grant NYT a perpetual, nonexclusive, world-wide, royalty free, sub-licensable license to
the Submissions, which includes without limitation the right for NYT or any third party it
designates, to use, copy, transmit, excerpt, publish, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform,
create derivative works of, host, index, cache, tag, encode, modify and adapt (including without
limitation the right to adapt to streaming, downloading, broadcast, mobile, digital, thumbnail,
scanning or other technologies) in any form or media now known or hereinafter developed, any
Submission posted by you on or to the Services or any other Web site owned by NYT, including
any Submission posted on or to the Services through a third party.
3.5 You are solely responsible for the content of your Submissions. However, while NYT does
not and cannot review every Submission and is not responsible for the content of these
messages, NYT reserves the right to delete, move, or edit Submissions that it, in its sole
discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or
otherwise unacceptable.
3.6 By making a Submission, you are consenting to its display and publication on the Site and in
the Services and for related online and offline promotional uses.
3.7 Any person involved in or affiliated with the production of a work reviewed on NYTimes.com
or elsewhere in the Services may not submit a Readers' Review for that work or competing
works.
4. USE OF THE SERVICES
4.1 You may not access or use, or attempt to access or use, the Services to take any action that
could harm us or a third party. You may not access parts of the Services to which you are not
authorized. You may not attempt to circumvent any restriction or condition imposed on your use
or access, or do anything that could disable or damage the functioning or appearance of the
Services, including the presentation or display of advertising. Being exposed to advertising is a
condition of accessing the Services.
4.2 The Services contain links to other related World Wide Web Internet sites, resources, and

advertisers. Since we are not responsible for the availability of these outside resources, or their
contents, you should direct any concerns regarding any external link to such site.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.1 You represent, warrant and covenant (a) that no materials of any kind submitted through your
account will (i) violate, plagiarize, or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including
copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights; or (ii) contain libelous or
otherwise unlawful material; and (b) that you are at least thirteen years old. You hereby
indemnify, defend and hold harmless NYT and all officers, directors, owners, agents, information
providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and
against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees,
incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you
or any user of your account of these Terms of Service or the foregoing representations,
warranties and covenants. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of
any such claim. NYT reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense
and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.
5.2 NYT does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion,
statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or distributed through the Services by any
user, information provider or any other person or entity. You acknowledge that any reliance upon
any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information shall be at your sole risk. THE
SERVICES AND ALL DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN "AS IS"
BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
6. REGISTRATION AND SECURITY
6.1 As part of the registration or account creation process, you will create login credentials by
selecting a password and providing an e-mail address. You also have to give us certain
registration information, all of which must be accurate and updated.
Each registration is for a single user only. You are not allowed to share your registration login
credentials or give your login credentials to anyone else. We may cancel or suspend your access
to the NYT Services if you share your login credentials. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your password, which you will not have to reveal to any representative or agent
of NYT. You may not (i) select or use the login credentials of another person with the intent to
impersonate that person; (ii) use login credentials in which another person has rights without
such person's authorization; or (iii) use login credentials that we, in our sole discretion, deem
offensive. Failure to comply with the foregoing shall constitute a breach of these Terms of
Service, which may result in immediate suspense or termination of your account.
6.2 Please notify help@nytimes.com of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your
account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized
disclosure of your password or credit card information.
6.3 You must be 13 years or older to subscribe to all parts of the Services.
6.4 You are responsible for all usage or activity on your NYTimes.com account, including use of
the account by any third party authorized by you to use your login credentials. Any fraudulent,
abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of your account, at our sole
discretion, and we may refer you to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
7. FEES AND PAYMENTS
7.1. We reserve the right at any time to charge fees for access to portions of the Services or the
Services as a whole. However, in no event will you be charged for access to the Services unless
we obtain your prior agreement to pay such charges. Thus, if at any time we require a fee for
portions of the Services that are now free, we will give you advance notice of such fees. You may
cancel your account at any time. All new fees, if any, will be posted prominently on the Site and
in other appropriate locations on the Service. You shall pay all fees and charges incurred through
your account at the rates in effect for the billing period in which such fees and charges are
incurred, including, but not limited to charges for any digital products or services offered for sale
through the Services by us or by any other vendor or service provider. All fees and charges shall
be billed to and paid for by you. You shall pay all applicable taxes relating to use of the Services
through your account.
8. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN NYT AND USERS
8.1 If you indicate on your registration form that you want to receive such information, we, our

owners and assigns, will allow certain third party vendors to provide you with information about
products and services.
8.2 NYT reserves the right to send electronic mail to you for the purpose of informing you of
changes or additions to the Service.
8.3 NYT reserves the right to disclose information about your usage and demographics, provided
that it will not reveal your personal identity in connection with the disclosure of such information.
Advertisers and/or Licensees on our Web site may collect and share personal information about
you only if you indicate your acceptance. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.
8.4 NYT may contact you via e-mail regarding your participation in user surveys, asking for
feedback on current Services or prospective products and services. This information will be used
to improve the Services and better understand our users, and any information we obtain in such
surveys will not be shared with third parties, except in aggregate form.
9. SOFTWARE LICENSES
9.1 You shall have no rights to the proprietary software and related documentation, or any
enhancements or modifications thereto, provided to you in order to access the Services
("Software"). You may not sublicense, assign or transfer any licenses granted by NYTimes.com,
and any attempt at such sublicense, assignment or transfer shall be null and void. You may
make one copy of such software for archival purposes only. You may not otherwise copy,
distribute, modify, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from Software.
10. TERMINATION
10.1 You may terminate your account at any time by calling Customer Care at (800) 591-9233.
For international customers, e-mail us at help@nytimes.com. Upon termination, you will receive
an automated confirmation via e-mail that the cancellation was processed, and your access will
be suspended within 24 hours. Termination of paid digital products will be governed by our
Cancellation and Refund Policy for Digital Products.
10.2 NYT may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the
Services for any reason, including, without limitation, breach or assignment of these Terms of
Service.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 These Terms of Service have been made in and shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with New York law. Any action to enforce these Terms of Service shall be brought in
the federal or state courts located in New York City.
11.2 Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in these Terms of Service will serve to
preempt the promises made in The New York Times Privacy Policy.
11.3 Correspondence should be sent to help@nytimes.com.
11.4 You agree to report any copyright violations of the Terms of Service to The New York Times
as soon as you become aware of them. In the event you have a claim of copyright infringement
with respect to material that is contained in the NYTimes.com service, please notify
copyrights@nytimes.com. (Please direct all general questions to help@nytimes.com.)

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